Table 4.

Itemized Mean (and Median) Overall and Melanoma-Specific Health Care Costs in the First Year After Diagnosis by Sex (in Euros)

Overall costs in first year	All sample	Men	Women	Mann–Whitney test
Total overall costs	5,944.1 (2,656.4)	6,888.2 (2,881.5)	4,879.0 (2,441.5)	0.002
Hospital stays	3,116.4 (1,729.7)	3,424.4 (1,729.7)	2,769.0 (1,729.7)	0.017
Outpatient services	1,051.2 (597.4)	1,106.5 (609.8)	988.8 (576.9)	0.251
Direct-distribution pharmaceuticals	1,083.8 (0)	1,388.1 (0)	740.6 (0)	0.083
Other pharmaceuticals	243.2 (91.1)	294.2 (120.9)	185.7 (61.0)	<0.001
Emergency room	50.2 (0)	53.5 (0)	46.6 (0)	0.294
Hospice stays	5.2 (0)	9.9 (0)	0.0 (0)	0.035
Medical devices	394.0 (0)	611.7 (0)	148.4 (0)	0.369

Melanoma-specific costs in first year	All sample	Men	Women	Mann–Whitney test
Total melanoma-specific costs	3,942.5 (2,110.7)	4,487.5 (2,157.5)	3,327.8 (2,057.3)	0.035
Hospital stays	2,135.7 (1,729.7)	2,298.5 (1,729.7)	1,952.0 (1,729.7)	0.109
Outpatient services	901.5 (500.9)	949.2 (501.1)	847.7 (498.6)	0.622
Direct-distribution pharmaceuticals	897.5 (0)	1,228.0 (0)	524.6 (0)	0.244
Other pharmaceuticals	3.1 (0)	3.4 (0)	2.9 (0)	0.591
Emergency room	0.8 (0)	1.0 (0)	0.6 (0)	0.853
Hospice stays	3.9 (0)	7.4 (0)	0.0 (0)	0.060